I'm Dr. Chanda Prescod-Weinstein (pronounced: Chahnda Prescod-Winestine), postdoctoral Research Associate in theoretical physics at the University of Washington, Seattle and lead axion wrangler and social media team member for the NASA STROBE-X Probe Concept Study. Starting January, 2019 I will be an Assistant Professor of Physics at the University of New Hampshire. My driving impulse: understand the origin of spacetime and the particles that populate it. Using ideas from both physics and astronomy, I respond to deep questions about how everything got to the be the way it is.

Being an activist for equality in science is not only an enriching experience, it's also part of getting science done.For a 30 minute overview of my research and life in science, enjoy the following opening plenary from the 2017 Women in Physics Canada meeting:

I used to want the words ‘She tried’ on my tombstone. Now I want ‘She did it.’